Official PA Daily cartoon presents Israeli soldiers as robbers

Cartoon published in the official PA daily

The cartoon shows an Israeli soldier wearing a helmet with a Star of David on it and the striped clothes and black mask of a robber. The soldier is leaving a house while carrying off the bleeding heart of a Palestinian. The cartoon apparently refers to the death of terrorist Muhammad Al-Shaham, who attempted to stab Israeli soldiers on Aug. 15, 2022, and specifically refers to the false claim of Al-Shaham’s father that the soldiers broke into their house and shot his son before saying they got the wrong house.

Muhammad Al-Shaham – Arab terrorist who attempted to stab Israeli soldiers while they were conducting a search for weapons in his house in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab on Aug. 16, 2022. The soldiers shot and killed Al-Shaham in self-defense. Al-Shaham’s father falsely claimed the soldiers broke into their house and shot his son before saying they got the wrong house.